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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Clypeolina

Clypeolina Penard, 1902 (ref. ID; 3693 original paper)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Test ovoid, compressed, formed of a double envelope; outer envelope composed of two valves with scales and particles; inner envelope a membranous sack; long filopodia, often branching; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Clypeolina marginata Penard, 1902 (ref. ID; 3693 original paper) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618, 2240)

Clypeolina marginata Penard, 1902 (ref. ID; 3693 original paper) reported year? (ref. ID; 1618, 2240)

Descriptions

Outer test-valves yellow to dark brown; lenticular in cross-section; wide terminal aperture; endoplasm with many small globules; a single nucleus and contractile vacuole. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

80-150 um long. (ref. ID; 1618)